Heavy Mikado of the Muskogee Group poses on the turntable at Muskogee, Okla., in August 1950. Joe Collias photo In the early 1950s, a friend and I traveled extensively in an attempt to photograph as many steam locomotives as possible before their impending destruction by dieselization. On one expedition, we chose a corner of Oklahoma […]
Kevin Dorm Union Pacific’s former Southern Pacific rotary snowplow SPMW No. 207 cuts its teeth for the first time this week after laying up since a 2014 rebuild. The rotary and B-unit arrived in Roseville, Calif., in early 2014 after upgrades at Iowa’s Relco locomotive shops. But due to lack of snow and teething issues related […]
Trains Magazine Editor Jim Wrinn interviews Kevin P. Keefe, vice president of editorial for Kalmbach Publishing and Trains editor 1992-2000, to talk about his tenure with the magazine. Keefe, who is retiring in March, talks about working in downtown Milwaukee with David P. Morgan, Pere Marquette 2-8-4 No. 1225, the famous Trains 55th anniversary issue, […]
Trains Magazine Editor Jim Wrinn interviews Kevin P. Keefe, vice president of editorial for Kalmbach Publishing and Trains editor 1992-2000, to talk about his tenure with the magazine. Keefe, who is retiring in March, talks about working in downtown Milwaukee with David P. Morgan, Pere Marquette 2-8-4 No. 1225, the famous Trains 55th anniversary issue, […]
Follow along with famed Norfolk & Western J Class 4-8-4 No. 611 on its 2016 journey from Virginia to the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer. See the classic streamlined steam locomotive and other trains out along the Norfolk Southern main line. Be sure to check out our special issue, 611 In Steam, and related […]
WASHINGTON — After eight years, Amtrak is pulling the plug on one of its more successful promotions: National Train Day. In an e-mail to Trains Correspondent Bob Johnston, Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari says, “Since its inception, Amtrak Train Days/National Train Day has been a popular program, allowing us to celebrate the value that Amtrak brings […]
A railfan went to Eureka, Calif., to see SD9s, but it’s the flowers at a memorial that made an impression. David Lustig photo It was the lure of the machinery that first attracted me to trains. But technology is nothing without people to operate it, and I suppose it’s a side effect of the aging […]
Have you seen the latest in diesel locomotive technology? Associate Editor Steve Sweeney walks through the new Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe-T4 locomotive at the 2015 Railway Interchange trade show in Minneapolis with a factory representative. Learn more about the locomotive and see it up close, inside and out! […]
A Washington state man home-built a coal-or wood-fired standard-gauge steam speeder and placed it for sale on eBay. The asking price is $14,000. Ross Bendixen SAMMAMISH, Wash. — The railroad speeder can be the basis for a lot of projects. Some people like to restore motorcars to their original appearances. Others like to create their […]
Norfolk Southern office car special No. 955 creeps through the fog at Delphi, Ind., on the morning of Aug. 3, 2014. Photo by John E. Troxler […]
In this extended-length episode, you’ll come to appreciate just how quickly real railroads (and Drew) can be humbled by Mother Nature! This time, Drew, Kent, and Charlie Conway forge through desert-like heat, high winds, and rugged terrain in Canada’s Thompson River Canyon. The action on Canadian Pacific and Canadian National main lines sizzles too, as […]
In this extended-length episode, you’ll come to appreciate just how quickly real railroads (and Drew) can be humbled by Mother Nature! This time, Drew, Kent, and Charlie Conway forge through desert-like heat, high winds, and rugged terrain in Canada’s Thompson River Canyon. The action on Canadian Pacific and Canadian National main lines sizzles too, as […]
